The Friday Report is our regular fortnightly update with a summary of the key papers and analyses that we’ve looked at recently. In Friday Report 65 we report on:
- Valneva vaccine approved by MHRA for ages 18-50
- Moderna vaccine approval extended to include ages 5-11
- Progress update on Spring booster rollout and vaccines for age 5-11
- New visualisation of case rates by variant
- Omicron sub-lineages – the five constellations
- Paxlovid added to PANORAMIC study
- Expanded list of official COVID symptoms
- ONS infection survey shows prevalence is falling
- Booster effectiveness against symptomatic infection
- Child hospitalisations by vaccine status in the USA
- BA.2 case fatality rate is similar to ancestral strain in unvaccinated people
- Mortality rates in England and Wales in Q1 2022
And finally, we consider canine longevity.